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Bermuda Ad is a Big Disappointment


OBama's new ad on McCain's promise to Bermuda is disappointing to me.  It is based on one newspaper account and is about a relatively small amount of money.  It is frankly reminiscent of an ad from the McCain playbook.  I know, it attacks the characterization of MCCain as a maverick.  Its not a terrible ad, but why Bermuda when there is so much more to be hitting McCain on? 

Where's Keating 5? 
Where's his voting record on regulation bills for the past 20 years? 
Where are the ads listing the hundreds of Lobbyists on his team (there has been 1 or 2 hitting specific people, but why not more)? 
Where are the ads showing his lack of judgment on Russia, economy, etc. in recent days?
His notorious temper (countless examples)?
His admitted preference to make quick, uninformed decisions, like Bush?
Why not list the areas in which Obama's judgment has been better like in the convention speeches?
Why not list all the areas in which McCain has supported Bush?

It seems like the ads keep hitting softly when there is so much out there to be hitting McCain hard with.  There have been a few ads that hit harder recently, but not many.  My hope is that they are waiting to use the bigger stuff until either the debates or for ads closer to the election.  That could be a good strategy, but I was hoping for the same thing from Kerry and Gore and never got it.

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I think we sometime forget these are not national ads by micro targeted cable buys that talk to a particular voter in a particular demographic. Also remember Bermuda is a very large tax haven for US insurance companies.

The predominant portion of premium writings is through Bermuda’s commercial reinsurance market, which also writes some direct business on behalf of large U.S. corporations.

Bermuda is the world's third largest insurance centre after London and New York.

That's fine that this may be a targeted ad. That's fine that Bermuda is a big tax haven.

My point is that there is so much ammunition to be using against McCain, why is it not being used by Obama? When will we see Keating 5 become an issue??? Especially now with the current crisis. I'm hoping that the debate will be the platform for that.

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Wait for the debates.

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